[1832] P. Should it not be said that knowledge with twelve bases (dvādasavatthukaṃ ñāṇaṃ) is supramundane (lokuttara)?
S. Yes.
P. But was it not said by the Blessed One:¹ "'This is the noble truth (ariyasacca) of suffering (dukkha)': thus, bhikkhus, in regard to things unheard before, vision (cakkhu) arose in me, knowledge (ñāṇa) arose, wisdom (paññā) arose, true knowledge (vijjā) arose, light (āloka) arose. 'Now this noble truth of suffering is to be fully understood': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'has been fully understood': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'This is the noble truth of the origin (samudaya) of suffering': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'Now this noble truth of the origin of suffering is to be abandoned': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'has been abandoned': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'This is the noble truth of the cessation (nirodha) of suffering': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'Now this noble truth of the cessation of suffering is to be realized': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'has been realized': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'This is the noble truth of the way (paṭipadā) leading to the cessation of suffering': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'Now this noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering is to be developed': thus, bhikkhus, in me … 'has been developed': thus, bhikkhus, in regard to things unheard before, vision arose in me … light arose" — is there indeed such a discourse (suttanta)?
S. Yes.
P. Well then, knowledge with twelve bases is supramundane.
¹ [Edition footnote:] Dī. Ma. 188.
The Discussion of Knowledge (Ñāṇakathā).
The Twentieth Chapter (vagga).
Its summary (uddāna):
The matricide is subject to immediate retribution (ānantarika); the patricide is subject to immediate retribution;
the slayer of an Arahant is subject to immediate retribution; the shedder of [a Tathāgata's] blood is subject to immediate retribution;
the schismatic is subject to immediate retribution; the worldling (puthujjana) has no knowledge;
there are no hell-keepers in the hells (niraya); there are animals among the devas;
the path (magga) is fivefold; knowledge with twelve bases is supramundane.
The Fourth Set of Fifty (paṇṇāsaka).
Restraint (niggaho), the accumulation of merit (puññasañcayo), "he stood" (aṭṭhāsi), and "by the past" (atītena) — the matricide (mātughātako).
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Discussion of the Dispensation (Sāsanakathā)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.